St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-30

iNf\G told, they were walk
Ns'M II ing encyclopedia, in
&xS three volumes, from A
lSzSe92H to G, from G to NJ, and
W ~ from M to Y on all mat
.--as--- tiers pertaining to pic
lures and designs. They did not ex-
actly despiSe men, but thought them at
times very unnecessary intruSiOnS, and
only permitted one masculine presence
at their councils and upon some of their
pleasant expeditions, because in justice
they had to admit the male sex pos
sessed good qualities of a negative char
acter (they have the quality of keeping
quiet, and, better still, men always can
listen and chatter less than women.
When the Exposition closed they
were diSconSolate at not being
able to visit their dearly
loved pictures and being cast ON their
own resources, to satisfy their art long
ings, with cOmmendable enterprise they
looked for pastures new, when 10, and
Behold. a kindly message came and
whispered there was a leal-live-every-
day-wOrking stained glass factory right
here in their midst, and they could see
it, and all its contents, any day they SO
desired. The little women were in &C.
stacies. The day was chosen and the
place of meeting agreed upon, but when
the day arrived All awful dilemma pre-
scented itself, the little wretch in the
party who had the directions lost them,
but nevertheless, with wild determin-
alton to get there, and quite undaunted,
the party started for their destination,
assisted by the advice of polite clerks
in art empOriumS, and that very useful
article, the city directory.
Lett be here said that nothing better
expresses the enormous strides Mime
apolis is taking all the time to the plane
of tine high, artistic, civilization of the
East and Europe, than this fact of a
stained glass factory doing large and
prosperous business being located in
this comparatively infant city of the
Northwest. This is the Renaissance
age of this beautiful art and it bids fair
to eclipse the glory of the first epoch.
One of the best known of the early ap-
plicationS of glass to the window decora-
ton is that in the monastery of Tegern-
see, in Upper Bavaria, but these VIM
dowS (eXecuted in the latter half of the
tenth century,, like all of the first at
tempts, were only tasteful arrangements
Of colored glass in imitation of the stone
mDsaicS used for floors, but in the thir-
teenth century, owing to the full de-
velopment of the gothic style of archi-
teeture, it became of immense import
ance, cOlored glass taking the place of
tapeStried curtains in filling up the
spaces within the grained arches. The
art at one period ran through state of
decay, and it was supposed at one time
the true art was lost. Since the COM
mencement OF. this century, however,
rapid strides have been made in i'm
provement, and, as remarked before,
this age bids fair to surpass the glories
of the older epoch. The great seats of
tlfiS art are now in Munich, Nurnberg,
Paris, London, Edinburgh and SOME
few more places. The factory here has
been in existence over two years now.
In the house in this city and the branch
one at Str Paul, there are forty men
kept busily employed all the time. The
work is remunerative, and first-class
man at the business can always find
employment. Glass cutters command
salary of about 81 a week, and the rest
of the artisans make wages in the same
ratio. To begin at the beginning, as the
old story tellers would say, the first and
principal thing in filling an order is
the design. This is painted On a
small scale at first and with
The view of Its practicability being the
principal thing to be remembered. The
members of the firm receive lots of
pretty designs, but they are entirely i'm
practicable. When satisfactory de-
sign has been executed it is then en-
larged to the exact size OF the glass to be
made, or whatever else it may be, ON
great sheets of paper. The curves, and
oblongs, and triangles, and squares are
carefully penciled out, but instead of
the colors being painted in, numbers
are used instead, and from this model
the pieces of various colors are picked
out, cut into the proper shape and
pieced together. When the whole thing
is complete it is given careful eXamiI-
alton and then passed upon. The re-
naming process is piecing the whole
glass window, and this is done by the
various many colored glasses
being loaded, sodded and &C.
mented together. The glasses
used are known in the trades by the
names of cathedral, venetian, opales-
cent and antique The cutting is SIM
ply done with diamond. When the
last touches are given, and another
stained glass window is made, to de-
light the eye in some sacred building, or
cast many cOlored shadows f1ecking over
the stairway of lordly mansion from
its position somewhere overhead. The
use of stained glass windows as
method of ornamentation is very pOpIi-
lar to-day, nor is it confined to any par
ticular section of the country, for this
firm has filled orders in Texas, as far
west as Portland, Or, and as far east
as West Virginia. Whether it be in
church, private mansion, business
block or a saloon, with aspirations to-
wards 8stheticisms, the stained glass
window will be- found and it
is a pleasant and charming sight
to look upon Tt brings a restful
feeling to the eyes and sense of relief
Witlial. One of the members of this
firm, MR. Haywood, learned his business
ait the famous house of Eaton, Butler d
Baine, in London; he came to Chicago
and had business there for five years,
when he came here about three years
ago, and has been well satisfied with the
change he made.
The three little women were highly
delighted with their visit, and promised
to start right in at once and make de-
signs for stained glass windows, but
when they were told it would take some
years of experience to make satisfactory
designs, for people had to learn this
business like any other. Meanwhile,
asI had bargained to be the historian
of the party, / had been busy taking
notes now and then. Those notes have
heightened out in this short cursory
sketch of most enjoyable and in
stfuctive hour spent within the pleasant
rooms of a stained glass factory under
the guidance of an old adept in the bust
ness, and in the company of three as
bright, energetic little women as any
man need know.